Those numbers were refuted long ago. The casualty reports cited have no basis in reality. The actual number of civilian deaths is closer to 1000. Professor Herold's estimate is so far off because he counted the same casualty reports from different sources together, though duplicating most counts.
While civilian deaths are regrettable, they are impossible to avoid.
The number of lives saved is estimated to be in excess of 100,000 over the next few years, mostly woman and children. They have been saved because food supplies can now reach famine stricken areas. Something not possible when the Taliban ran things.
Next time you post flamebait, at least try to get your facts straight you mindless toad.
For any other company, I would give the benefit of the doubt. Microsoft, however, has proven in the past that they can not be trusted to improve code quality. I doubt if this is anything but the usual PR stunt we have come to expect them.
After a month, if their programs and OS continue to crash for no apparent reason, we should milk it for all it's worth and point out that even when they put in an all out effect to improve quality, they fall short.
I'm looking forware to our (the Linux community) opportunity at FUD.
In that case, I want a kernel that will give me a blowjob. By your argument, not including that ability would be suspending the open source philosophy because it would limit certain bheavior.
Forget the lawsuit entirely. It's simply not relevant to the important issue. Microsoft has no legal reason whatsoever to obtain the customer email addresses. Period.
If Sears had a dispute with WalMart, they couldn't demand WalMart's customer list. These technophobic neanderthal judges need to be taught this.
Wrong, they capitulated after the ground troops went in and fought Milosivic's troops. They weren't American troops, of course. They were the local "freedom fighters".
Not a single air campaign has won a war. In every instance, ground troops have been the deciding fact. Just because Americans are not the ground troops, doesn't mean ground troops are not involved.
Actually, it would be more correct to say a combination of air power and ground troops wins the war. Ground troops without air support are sitting ducks, air power without ground troops lacks viable targets.
The fact that people work on the GPL code of sendmail while on the Sendmail, Inc. payroll seems to be a good enough definition of releasing software under the license.
Some of you go on about how great and how wonderful the GPL is. You say everyone should support GPL software.
I went beyond that. I didn't just write GPL code as a hobby. I bet my family's well being on open source when I took a job with Sendmail, Inc. Unfortunately, Sendmail was forced into massive layoffs, and at the worst time economically. It took four months to find another tech job. It doesn't matter that I am good at what I do. There were a hundred other guys interviewing for the same job who were just as good or who wanted a lot less money.
Your precious GPL doesn't pay my rent or buy clothes for my daughter. If I had a choice between unemployment and Microsoft, then what the hell, "start me up".
Was it Jefferson who said "the trees of liberty must occassionally be watered with the blood of patriots"?
Personally, I would prefer to use the blood of the asshole Senators and Congressmen who show absolute contempt for our rights.
Every single one of those bastards has violated their oath of office when they pass an obviously unConstitutional law.
Let's have a new Constitutional ammendement. Each year, we get to lynch one Senator and one Congressman on the capital steps. This will serve as a reminder of who the hell they work for.
On Friday, after the judge ruled, I called AT&T Broadband and asked if my service would be affected. I was told no. Sometime early Saturday morning service stopped (I was asleep at the time).
I'm switching to DSL (already ordered). It will take about the same amount of time to get it as AT&T says it will take to get my service back. I'm cancelling my AT&T service for the simple reason that they lied to me. Had they simply said, "there might be a problem," I would not be so pissed.
I worked at a company who's software required the sql password be set to 'sa'. This was software that dealt with millions of dollars of assets. I pointed this security flaw out several times and was ignored.
While I'd like to see a nice democratic government in Saudi Arabia too, the reality is that a large minority in their country
is made up of radical Wahabi muslims who are fomenting rebellion in Saudi Arabia
The ruling family of Saudia Arabia (House of Saud) is not only adherents to this radical form of Islam, but also active in supporting its spread in other countries, violantly if necessary.
These bastards have been pretending to be our friends for years, but aren't. Immediately after Sept 11th, a private aircraft belonging to one of the prince's was used to transport people from the U.S. to Saudia Arabia. People the F.B.I. wanted to question.
It's been their way of life for thousands of years.
Other things that were around for thousands of years in China:
Binding of feet
Abandoning baby girls in the forest
Eunuchs (sp?)
Ok, I'm trolling now. I hate when I do that. My point is, the argument that something has been around for thousands of years is not a very good argument.
My first reaction was now they've gone and completely screwed up a good product. I was considering getting one of these but if they're going to bombard me with ads, forget it.
My second reaction, upon seeing it is opt-in, is who's stupid enough to sign up for this?
Damn good response. While I only referred to his posting as "silly arguments" in general, you did an expert job of picking apart every one of his points. To put it another way, you performed an intellectual kicking in the nuts. Of course, since he's a pacifist, he'll probably break out in a Barnie song.
My recipe for dealing with pacifists requires fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Since I don't hate Muslims, I don't see how your silly ideas can make a difference. You need to talk to the extremists who hate Westerners for whatever reason. I suggest you fly over to Afghanistan and personally talk to them. I'm sure they will listen to reason.
Which course will perpetuate a cycle of violence and be used to justify further attacks?
What an incredibly naive statment. When a fanatic wants to kill you, talking to him to "end the cycle of violence" only gives him more opportunities to kill you. When Hitler tried to take over the world, did we try to stop the "cycle of violance" by talking to him? HELL NO! We responded with force. We killed the enemy. That's how you end the cycle of violence.
I just installed Gnome yesterday to give it a whirl. Big bloody package, I must say and the only server that seemed to be working at the time was Ximian, but it was extremely slow. Actually, I started to download the packages on Wednesday night, cancelled it when I went to bed and continued the download on Thursday morning before I left for work.
Abi seems to work. Mozilla doesn't, no error of any sort given. After about 30 minutes of playing with it, I switched back to KDE. I've decided I'll use whatever package RMS isn't associated with because he's such an asshole.
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Those numbers were refuted long ago. The casualty reports cited have no basis in reality. The actual number of civilian deaths is closer to 1000. Professor Herold's estimate is so far off because he counted the same casualty reports from different sources together, though duplicating most counts.
While civilian deaths are regrettable, they are impossible to avoid.
The number of lives saved is estimated to be in excess of 100,000 over the next few years, mostly woman and children. They have been saved because food supplies can now reach famine stricken areas. Something not possible when the Taliban ran things.
Next time you post flamebait, at least try to get your facts straight you mindless toad.
bah! s/effect/effort/
I need to improve my spell checking quality!
For any other company, I would give the benefit of the doubt. Microsoft, however, has proven in the past that they can not be trusted to improve code quality. I doubt if this is anything but the usual PR stunt we have come to expect them.
After a month, if their programs and OS continue to crash for no apparent reason, we should milk it for all it's worth and point out that even when they put in an all out effect to improve quality, they fall short.
I'm looking forware to our (the Linux community) opportunity at FUD.
The person who moderated me down as a troll is an idiot who doesn't know what the hell a troll is.
THIS post is a troll. My other post was not.
In that case, I want a kernel that will give me a blowjob. By your argument, not including that ability would be suspending the open source philosophy because it would limit certain bheavior.
What an incredibly stupid statement.
I've dealth with Forth programs. They were just as buggy if not more buggy than programs written in REAL languages.
And yes, I know Forth.
Forget the lawsuit entirely. It's simply not relevant to the important issue. Microsoft has no legal reason whatsoever to obtain the customer email addresses. Period.
If Sears had a dispute with WalMart, they couldn't demand WalMart's customer list. These technophobic neanderthal judges need to be taught this.
Wrong, they capitulated after the ground troops went in and fought Milosivic's troops. They weren't American troops, of course. They were the local "freedom fighters".
Not a single air campaign has won a war. In every instance, ground troops have been the deciding fact. Just because Americans are not the ground troops, doesn't mean ground troops are not involved.
Actually, it would be more correct to say a combination of air power and ground troops wins the war. Ground troops without air support are sitting ducks, air power without ground troops lacks viable targets.
The fact that people work on the GPL code of sendmail while on the Sendmail, Inc. payroll seems to be a good enough definition of releasing software under the license.
Some of you go on about how great and how wonderful the GPL is. You say everyone should support GPL software.
I went beyond that. I didn't just write GPL code as a hobby. I bet my family's well being on open source when I took a job with Sendmail, Inc. Unfortunately, Sendmail was forced into massive layoffs, and at the worst time economically. It took four months to find another tech job. It doesn't matter that I am good at what I do. There were a hundred other guys interviewing for the same job who were just as good or who wanted a lot less money.
Your precious GPL doesn't pay my rent or buy clothes for my daughter. If I had a choice between unemployment and Microsoft, then what the hell, "start me up".
...because their servers wouldn't have been /.ed.
Yeah, it's a troll. So what.
You are wrong. Anti-trust laws are designed to protect competition, not the consumers. An anti-trust lawyer told me this.
Was it Jefferson who said "the trees of liberty must occassionally be watered with the blood of patriots"?
Personally, I would prefer to use the blood of the asshole Senators and Congressmen who show absolute contempt for our rights.
Every single one of those bastards has violated their oath of office when they pass an obviously unConstitutional law.
Let's have a new Constitutional ammendement. Each year, we get to lynch one Senator and one Congressman on the capital steps. This will serve as a reminder of who the hell they work for.
Considering how difficult it is to correctly set up an email server, your advice is pretty useless.
How about: tired of your car breaking down? Learn how to rebuild your engine. Better yet, build one from scratch.
Is your t.v. acting up? Learn to be a t.v. repairman.
Hungry? Grow your own food.
No one has the time to be an expert in everything. That's why we give money to other people. We're paying for their expertise.
I ordered it yesterday (Sunday). That doesn't make me any more psychic than Uri Geller (sp?).
On Friday, after the judge ruled, I called AT&T Broadband and asked if my service would be affected. I was told no. Sometime early Saturday morning service stopped (I was asleep at the time).
I'm switching to DSL (already ordered). It will take about the same amount of time to get it as AT&T says it will take to get my service back. I'm cancelling my AT&T service for the simple reason that they lied to me. Had they simply said, "there might be a problem," I would not be so pissed.
I worked at a company who's software required the sql password be set to 'sa'. This was software that dealt with millions of dollars of assets. I pointed this security flaw out several times and was ignored.
I don't work there anymore.
- Binding of feet
- Abandoning baby girls in the forest
- Eunuchs (sp?)
Ok, I'm trolling now. I hate when I do that. My point is, the argument that something has been around for thousands of years is not a very good argument.My first reaction was now they've gone and completely screwed up a good product. I was considering getting one of these but if they're going to bombard me with ads, forget it.
My second reaction, upon seeing it is opt-in, is who's stupid enough to sign up for this?
Damn good response. While I only referred to his posting as "silly arguments" in general, you did an expert job of picking apart every one of his points. To put it another way, you performed an intellectual kicking in the nuts. Of course, since he's a pacifist, he'll probably break out in a Barnie song.
My recipe for dealing with pacifists requires fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Since I don't hate Muslims, I don't see how your silly ideas can make a difference. You need to talk to the extremists who hate Westerners for whatever reason. I suggest you fly over to Afghanistan and personally talk to them. I'm sure they will listen to reason.
What an incredibly naive statment. When a fanatic wants to kill you, talking to him to "end the cycle of violence" only gives him more opportunities to kill you. When Hitler tried to take over the world, did we try to stop the "cycle of violance" by talking to him? HELL NO! We responded with force. We killed the enemy. That's how you end the cycle of violence.
I just installed Gnome yesterday to give it a whirl. Big bloody package, I must say and the only server that seemed to be working at the time was Ximian, but it was extremely slow. Actually, I started to download the packages on Wednesday night, cancelled it when I went to bed and continued the download on Thursday morning before I left for work.
Abi seems to work. Mozilla doesn't, no error of any sort given. After about 30 minutes of playing with it, I switched back to KDE. I've decided I'll use whatever package RMS isn't associated with because he's such an asshole.
Hey, Stallman! Linux != GNU.
Hehe, he hates when you remind him of that.